BAKERSFIELD (CA)
KGET
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A Bakersfield woman who claims she was molested by her youth minister more than 20 years ago has come forward, urging others who may have been molested to do the same.
Jessica Bohman, 29, is suing both her alleged assailant as well as the church she attended, Dayspring Christian Fellowship in central Bakersfield. She says the church didn’t do anything after it was made aware of the alleged molestation.
The International Four Square organization, a Pentecostal Christian group affiliated with Dayspring Church, is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit.
Bohman was only 4 years old when she claims family friend and youth minister Damon Young began sexually abusing her.
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